Aled Jones (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and television/radio personality and broadcaster who first came to fame as a boy soprano. He was raised in a Welsh-speaking community in the small Anglesey village of Llandegfan, and attended Ysgol David Hughes. Biography Jones was born in St. David's Hospital in Bangor, Wales, the son of Nest (Rowlands), a teacher, and Derek John Jones, a draughtsman for a shipbuilder.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/education/2007/09/08/fadetect108.xml Jones joined the choir of Bangor Cathedral at age nine and was Lead Soloist within two years, although he never made Head Chorister. The remarkable clarity of his treble voice was appreciated by a member of the congregation, Hefina Orwig Evans, who wrote a letter to local record company Sain, and he was duly signed. In 1982 he won the Cerdd Dant solo competitions for competitors under 12

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